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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. KLING., oF sT. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 660,904, dated October` 30, 1900. Appnoation'led June 11,1900. .serai No. 19,852'. no moda.)

To l/ZZ/ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, PETER M. KLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My inventionv relates to a carseat having a reversible back, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and effective arrangement whereby the back of the seat can' be readily and easily reversed and will be securely supported when reversed.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure Iis afront view of myimproved seat. Fig. Il is an end View. Fig. III is a detail top view. Fig. IV is a detail perspective view showing the lower end of one of the brackets Fig. V is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on line V V, Fig. I. Fig. VI is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on line VI VI, Fig. Il.

l represents the frame of the seat, which may be of any desired construction.

2 is thecushion, and 3 the back of the seat.

4 represents brackets secured to the ends of the back 3 and having enlarged lower ends that are beveled off, as shown at 5, so as to snugly tit against the beveled c'orners 6 of the frame l when the back is in its normal or using position. To each bracket4 are pivoted an outer link 7 and an inner link 8, the inner ends of these links being pivoted to the frame l. The links 7 are pivoted to the frame l by means of short bolts or studs 9, and the inner links are pivoted to the frame by means of a through-shaft l0, journaled in the frame at its ends. The shaft is made non-circular and fits in non-circular holes in the links 8, so that when the back is reversed the shaft will be caused to turn, the shaft acting to cause the back to be reversed without any twisting action, both ends of the ba ck moving together. The links 7 are pivoted to the outside of the 4brackets 4, and the links 8 are pivoted to the inside of the brackets 4.

Cast upon orsecured to the brackets are an inner ledge l2 and an outer ledge 13, so disposed that when the back is reversed the ledges 12 will rest upon the links 8, and the ledges 13 when the back is reversed will rest upon the links 7. These ledges by resting upon the links, in connection with the lower ends of the brackets fitting against the beveled -corners of the frame l, provide a firm rest for the back when in using position..

By using an inner and anouter link at each end of the back all tendency of the back to wabble as it is being reversed is prevented.

I claim as my invention-- l. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame, a back, brackets secured to the ends of the back, inner and outer links pivoted Ato the brackets at each end of the back and to the frame of the seat, and inner and outer ledges carried by the brackets and adapted to seat against the links, substantially as set forth.

2. In anar-seat, the combination of a frame, a back, brackets carried by the back and havingrespectivelyinnerandouterledges,and in4 ner and outer links pivoted to the respective brackets and to the frame of the seat, said brackets having beveled lower ends adapted to bear against the beveled corners of the frame of the seat, substantially as set forth.

3. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame, a back, brackets secured to the ends of the back, inner and outer links pivoted to the brackets at each end of the back and to the frame of the seat, and inner and outer ledges 12 and I3 formed at opposed angles to each other on the brackets.

PETER M. KLING. In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

